The sun is scorching.

In the open space in the barracks, Cao Zhang and Xu Huang stood at both ends of the open space, arranging their armor and preparing to fight on horseback.

After Cao Cao announced that he was going to hold a hunt, Cao Zhang realized that this was another good opportunity to show his abilities.

The historical Cao Chang was known for his martial bravery, and after fusing the memories of the original owner, Cao Chang also completely retained his abilities.

It's just that I haven't had the opportunity to fight against a master once, and my true combat power is still in a vague state.

In the future, he will definitely lead the troops into battle, and he will inevitably face famous generals from all walks of life, if he does not have a clear understanding of his own strength, he will inevitably suffer a big loss in the battle.

Cao Zhang took the opportunity to prepare for the hunt and asked Xu Huang to have a competition.

After all, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and some records of later generations, Xu Huang was able to fight with the tiger idiot Xu Chu for fifty rounds without defeat as soon as he appeared, which is enough to prove that his combat power is not bad, and it can be used as a benchmark to test his combat power.

Cao Zhang changed into a set of silver armor today, holding a spear.

Xu Huang was dressed in heavy armor and held a Xuanhua axe.

Both of them urged their horses to rush towards each other.

Cao Zhang specially told Xu Huang to show his true strength and not to give in.

Xu Huang also knew that Cao Zhang had a reputation for being mighty, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he was also engrossed in it as soon as he came up, and he was ready for a vicious battle.

Knock knock!

With the soldiers beating the war drums, the battle between the two officially began.

Xu Huang urged the horse to rush towards Cao Zhang, raising the big axe and splitting it on the head.

Cao Zhang did not panic, raised the spear in his hand, pulled left and right, and fought with Xu Huang.

The two of them are really chess opponents, and they will meet good talents, and the game is difficult to solve.

Because he didn't know much about his own strength, Cao Zhangyi came up with a defensive strategy, using the spear in his hand to use his strength to fight, while observing Xu Huang's moves, while slowly consuming Xu Huang's physical strength.

After more than a dozen rounds, Cao Zhang's strength, speed, ability to control the horse, and Xu Huang's ability gradually had a clear understanding, and he already had a counterattack strategy in his mind.

The two rode their horses to hedge again, but Xu Huang still swung his axe as always, and launched an attack first.

After fighting for more than a dozen rounds, Cao Zhang has always adopted a defensive strategy, and there is no counterattack at all, which makes him relax his vigilance in his heart, so as soon as he comes up, it is another attack.

Unexpectedly, this time Cao Zhang had already calculated that he would continue to attack, and waved the spear in his hand to launch a counterattack.

He first used his spear to meet Xu Huang's big axe, leading Xu Huang's big axe to the side, and then stabbed Xu Huang with a backhand spear as fast as lightning.

This change greatly surprised Xu Huang, he never expected Cao Zhang to fight back at this time, and as soon as he made a move, he was so fierce.

After all, Xu Huang is not an idle person, although he is passive, but he reacts very quickly, quickly leans back on horseback, and a beautiful "iron plate bridge" makes Cao Zhang's spear stab in front of his face, urging the war horse under his feet, quickly crossing, avoiding Cao Zhang's continued attack.

Although Cao Zhang's attack did not succeed, the lightning still made Xu Huang break out in a cold sweat, and he also admired Cao Zhang's combat power in his heart.

Xu Huang turned his horse's head, regained his spirits, and rushed towards Cao Zhang again. This time, he was more cautious and did not dare to attack rashly.

Xu Huang hesitated, but Cao Zhang was unceremoniously, and spears stabbed at him like raindrops.

Xu Huang didn't expect Cao Zhang's attack to be so sharp, so he could only swing the big axe and parry desperately, so the scene was immediately reversed, and Cao Zhang began a crazy attack.

The soldiers who beat the drums saw that the battle between the two was becoming more and more intense, and they also beat the war drums with all their might, and made a thunderous drum to help the two.

The soldiers watching the battle on both sides also shouted loudly with the beat of the drum: "Kill, kill, kill!" ”

Xu Huang heard this powerful cheer, regained his spirits, swung his big axe, and parried Cao Zhang's attack while looking for an opportunity to fight back.

After fighting like this for a few more rounds, Cao Zhang realized that Xu Huang's martial arts were exquisite, and he had no chance of winning head-on.

But in the process of fighting, Cao Chang discovered an important problem.

Although the horses they rode had saddles, they only had a small bronze pedal on the left side of the horse, which was convenient for getting on and off the horse, but when they were riding and fighting, their feet were completely suspended in the air.

Unlike modern horseback riding, there are stirrups on both sides of the saddle, which are easy to control, and the war horse can only be controlled by clamping the horse's belly with both legs.

In this way, the rider on the horse has to take care of both offense and defense, and also consumes a large part of his energy to control the horse, which will be quickly exerted and limited when doing some movements.

What's more, because there are no stirrups, you can only sit on the back of a horse when fighting, and you can't use the stirrups to stand upright and exert more strength in your arms.

Cao Zhang realized that this detail may be a key to his ability to defeat Xu Huang and improve the combat power of himself and his generals and cavalry in the future.

After Cao Zhang thought of this, he was ready to try to practice it in battle.

When the two of them missed the horse, he turned the horse back, and then called out loudly: "Gongming, rest for a while and fight again." ”

Xu Huang thought that Cao Zhang's strength was exhausted, so naturally he had no objection and agreed: "Yes." ”

The two of them each returned to their resting positions, turned over and dismounted, drank water and rested.

Cao Zhang motioned to his subordinates to take a towel for him, made a gesture of wiping the sweat of the war horse, and circled around the war horse.

Xu Huang didn't notice anything unusual about Cao Zhang's actions, just waited quietly.

After a while, Cao Zhang finished wiping and beckoned Xu Huang: "Gongming, come, continue!" ”

Xu Huang did not doubt him, promised to turn over and get on the horse, took the big axe handed by his subordinates, and urged the horse to meet Cao Zhang again.

When the two horses approached and were about to start hand-to-hand combat, Cao Zhang suddenly stood up on the horse, held the spear with both hands, and used the spear as a long stick, slashing his head at Xu Huang fiercely.

Xu Huang didn't expect Cao Zhang to suddenly use such a trick, and it was too late to dodge, so he could only raise the big axe in his hand to parry.

While!

There was a loud bang from the collision of weapons!

Cao Zhang, who was standing upright on the horse, concentrated all the strength of his waist, abdomen and shoulders on his arms, and this splitting force was several times stronger than before.

Xu Huang and Cao Zhang had been fighting for a long time, and they already had some understanding of his strength, but they didn't expect this blow to suddenly increase their power.

At this time, he only felt that his arms were slightly numb, and the horizontal axe was suppressed by Cao Zhang and pressed against the top of his head.

Xu Huang felt a huge force pressing on him, and he could only struggle to raise the big axe in his hand to resist the power of Cao Zhang's downward pressure.

But he could only sit on a war horse, his body posture was limited, and his strength could not withstand Cao Zhang, and his arms were gradually pressed down, and some could not support it.

Wow!

With a neigh, Xu Huang's war horse couldn't bear the pressure of the huge force, and his hooves were weak and he collapsed.

Xu Huang also lost his center of gravity in an instant, and fell directly from the horse to the ground......